Avery suspended over ‘sloppy’ remarks

The NHL suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely on Tuesday for making a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.

Avery’s inflammatory comments came following a morning skate in Calgary, Alberta, where the Stars were to play the Flames late on Tuesday.

He approached a group of reporters, asked if a camera was present, then said he wanted to say one thing: “I’m really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada. I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds.”

Avery’s ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, was dating Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf and had been romantically linked to Mike Komisarek of the Canadiens.